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Chapter Broughton <i>to</i> Browne of B by Biographical Dictionary of English Literature |
 | | Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810).Novelist, born in Philadelphia, belonged to a Quaker family, became a lawyer, but exchanged law for literature, and has the distinction of being the first American to adopt a purely literary career. |
 | | Brown, George Douglas (1869-1902).Novelist, wrote The House with the Green Shutters, which gives a strongly outlined picture of the harder and less genial aspects of Scottish life and character. |
 | | Brown, Thomas Edward (1830-1897).Poet, born at Douglas, Isle of Man, son of a clergyman, and educated there and at Oxford, entered the Church and held various scholastic appointments, including a mastership at Clifton. |
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